Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 13:48:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 98%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1:25 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, March 9, 2012 at 13:48:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	6° 18'	South
Longitude:	168° 22'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.58 meters/second, 1600.5 km/hour, 994.5 miles/hour or 864.2 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 27.7"	16.57 mi	west	0° 00' 13.4"	0.26 mi	south	16.58 mi
1 hour	14° 27' 43.7"	994.39 mi	west	0° 13' 21.4"	15.30 mi	south	994.29 mi
24 hours	346° 53' 51.4"	900.90 mi	west	5° 07' 08.2"	351.82 mi	south	961.90 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Yaren	Sat 1:48 AM	658 km	409 miles	355 nm	NNW
Honiara	Sat 12:48 AM	990 km	615 miles	535 nm	WSW
Tarawa	Sat 1:48 AM	997 km	619 miles	538 nm	NNE
Funafuti	Sat 1:48 AM	1222 km	759 miles	660 nm	ESE
Port Vila	Sat 12:48 AM	1264 km	786 miles	683 nm	S
Majuro	Sat 1:48 AM	1521 km	945 miles	821 nm	NNE
Suva	Sat 1:48 AM	1705 km	1059 miles	920 nm	SE
Baker Island	Fri 1:48 AM	1830 km	1137 miles	988 nm	ENE
Palikir	Sat 12:48 AM	1850 km	1149 miles	999 nm	NW
Fakaofo	Sat 2:48 AM	2275 km	1413 miles	1228 nm	E